The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-09-30
MANKATo FREE Press
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 80 1887.
COUNTY BOARD PROCEEDINGS.

Board met September 20, 1887. Pres
ent, Commissioners Lee, DIAMOND,
Hannay, Jones and Dietz.
Petition of J. A. Williams and others
for the location of country road IN sec.
-, South Bend, was rejected for want OF
jurisdiction.
Petition of George A. fuller and 9TH
ers for change of road in town OF James
town rejected on account of error in Pc
tition.
Petition of Owen b. Richards and
others for change of road in town of
Butternut Valley was received and Com
missoners A. NJ. Hannay, j. s. Jones
and c. II. Deitz were appointed COM
mittee to view road, to meet ut the
house of Robert Thomas on 18th day OF
October, 1887.
Petition of Joseph Hanes and others
for location of new road in the towns of
lie Raw and jamestown was received
and Commissioners }. Diamond, ii. X.
Lee and e. II. Deitz were appointed
committee to view SAID road, to meet at
the house of Oscar Wells on the 22d day
October, 1887.
On motion board adjourned to Sept.
Dist, 1887.
Board met Sept. 2lst, 1887, all the
members being present.
Petition of Benjamin Paire to set off
the mel, sci, sci, nwl of sec. 5, town l05,
range 2S, from school district % to
school district 123 was received and no.
tees were ordered posted, hearing set
for 10th day of November. 1897.
Petition of II. w. Nelson to set off the
net of sec %, the nwi, swi and the swi !,
nwl of sec "a and the swl, sci of sec.
rs, all in town LOG, range 2S, from school
district 1913 to school district "a was re-
ceived and notices were ordered posted,
hearing set for 10th day of November,
1887.
Petition of Edward Greener TO set of
lot . and 10 31-lO0 acres in north part of
lot 3, all in WI of sec. %, town los, range
%, from school district 50 to school dis
trict joint 132 was granted.
Petition of Mark l.. Wildes and 9th
ers for the formation ola new school
district to comprise the following terri
tory: the nj, mel. and lots l and in
sec. %, also net, mel, and lots 4, 5, q, and
7 in sec. "a, all in town 100, range 6; also
the WI and w60 rods Of ct, nwl of sec.
10, town l09 range 25 and lot l, sec. Z
and all of sec. Is lying west of Lake
Washington, all in town 100, range %;
also sec Is and sci of sec IA, all in town
100, range 26, to be known as joint -
was granted.
Petition of w. II. Hotchkiss and 9TH
ers for the formation of a new school
district to be composed of the e3, swi OF
section Is, town 106, range 20; also all OF
sections II, IS and Z and W! of sec. 5,
town Jog, range 2S, was granted, new
district to be known as No. l47.
Petition of H. II. Nichols and others
for the formation of a new school dis
trict to be composed of all of sections
and 2, except M nwi town 10Y, range %;
also the nwi of section IL, town 10Y,
range %; also the nj of section II and
mel of section IL, town l07, range %, was
granted, the new district to be known as
district 14S.
Petition of Lorin GRAY and others for
the formation of a new school district to
be composed of sections 7, s, II, Is and
nj of section 10 and 20, all in town 10Y,
range %, was laid over until the next
meeting, November 10Th, 1887, on &C
count of no affidavit as to posting notice
in district LOG.
Application of A. N. Dukes for refund
ing tax on lot s, block 2, Dukes addition
was ordered sent to State Auditor for his
approval.
Application of John G. Wise for re.
funding tax on lot 8, block 2, Dukes ad,
dition, was ordered sent to State Auditor
for his approval.
On motion board adjourned to Sep,
TENDER %, 1887.
Board met September %, 1887, at 9 a
m, all the members present.
| A bid was received from n. w. Harris
q Co., for the $4,000 court house bonds,
and on motion bid was rejected.
On motion. the chairman of the county
board and county auditor were appoint.
ed committee to arrange with State
Auditor for negotiation of said bonds.
/
is necessary, was appropriated for the
extension of wings of culvert at outlet OF
Hoosier Lake in town of Mankato, and
for grading at same, to be expended un-
der the direction of Commissioner John
Diamond.